Question & AnswerQ&A (PROCLAMATION NO. 58)
The title of Republic Act No. 832 is 'An Act to Regulate the Sale, Exchange, or Delivery of Home Pounded, Undermilled, Milled or Polished Rice, and providing penalty for violation thereof.'
The President of the Philippines has the authority to proclaim the effectivity of Republic Act No. 832 upon the certification of the Secretary of Health that the concerned provinces and cities have the necessary facilities to implement the law.
The Secretary of Health must certify that the province or city has the necessary facilities to implement the law before Republic Act No. 832 can take effect in that area.
Republic Act No. 832 became effective in the City of Manila and Province of Rizal on January 1, 1955.
Republic Act No. 832 regulates the sale, exchange, or delivery of home pounded, undermilled, milled, or polished rice.
The law provides penalties for violations of the regulations on the sale, exchange, or delivery of home pounded, undermilled, milled, or polished rice, though the specific penalties are detailed in the original Act itself.
The proclamation lists dates starting from January 1, 1955, to October 1, 1956, for different provinces and cities, indicating that the law shall take effect in these areas 30 days after the respective dates to allow phased implementation.
The Secretary of Health certified that all provinces and cities where the law was not yet declared effective would have the necessary facilities to implement the law 30 days after the dates stated in the certificate.
The proclamation officially declares the dates on which Republic Act No. 832 shall take effect in various provinces and cities across the Philippines, thereby operationalizing the law's enforcement nationwide.